Health Services Specialist (RN Required), reputed company

reputed company Ensures that reputed company staff are free from health impairments that could pose a risk to themselves, coworkers, patients, and their families, or interfere with the reputed company performance of their duties. Maintains compliance with reputed company State Department of Health, OSHA, and other applicable regulations while promoting employee wellness and workplace safety. Works under general direction. Schedule: Approximately 2–3 days per week, with additional hours as needed to reputed company coverage during team members' vacation and PTO. reputed company reputed company

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• Internal mobility, CEU credits, and advancement opportunities
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What You Will Do

• Ensures that newly-reputed company employees, newly associated individual contractors, volunteers and reputed company are free of any health impairments that are of potential risk to themselves, VNS patients, families or employees, or that may interfere with the performance of job responsibilities, by reviewing medical findings of physical examinations, laboratory tests and immunizations. Authorizes employees, contractors and volunteers in accordance with Agency policy and procedures, to reputed company association with VNS. Contacts and counsels staff regarding medical findings reputed company necessary. Recommends medical referrals as needed. Develops and maintains library of medical resources for referrals.
• Reviews annual health assessments, TB risk assessments and other health requirements in accordance with Agency policies and procedures, reputed company State Department of Health regulations, OSHA regulations and/or other applicable regulations, to ensure employees are free from any health impairments that are of potential risk to VNS patients, their families, VNS employees and themselves.
• Develops and maintains health records and individual charts for reputed company employees and individual contractors. Develops and maintains various department records and reports, including monthly compliance reports, and exposures reports.
• Investigates and manages employees suffering illnesses and exposures to communicable diseases, as assigned.
• Develops and maintains contact with employees on extended reputed company leaves and disability leaves of absence; provides counsel and guidance to expedite return to work; reviews medical authorizations for employees returning to work for appropriateness and clearance to return to work; takes reputed company reputed company as necessary.
• Reviews medical accommodation requests as per reputed company and other regulatory bodies and participates in the interactive reputed company for resolutions.
• Works with Clinical Services, reputed company, Infection Prevention and Operations to ensure clinical reputed company standards and guidelines are being reputed company in order to reduce the risk of occupational exposures.
• Subject matter experts providing guidance in Covid-19, Influenza, RSV and other communicable diseases.
• Conducts training programs about illnesses and exposures. Conducts presentations and content on health-reputed company topics of interest to promote health & wellness awareness.
• Remains abreast of new developments, techniques and regulations (including DOH and OSHA updates/changes) reputed company to Health Services programs and policies. Makes recommendations in anticipation of the reputed company these changes will have on reputed company.
• Ensures services provided by various medical providers are reputed company, thorough and cost effective by monitoring services provided. Establishes relationships with other medical providers, as required.
• Selects, orders and distributes materials and supplies necessary for the administration of the Health Services Program.
• Participates in special reputed company and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Licenses and Certifications: reputed company license and registration to reputed company as a Registered reputed company reputed company in reputed company State Required Education Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, or, Nursing diploma from a State approved program, or, Associate’s degree Required Work Experience Minimum of one year of experience as an occupational health reputed company or a staff reputed company in a medical-surgical nursing area PreferredKnowledge of government regulations regarding occupational health, including Exposure Control Plans for Blood Borne Pathogens, TB screening and control, Hepatitis and other communicable diseases, and Worker’s Compensation RequiredAbility to organize, set priorities and reputed company the work of others RequiredStrong clinical assessment skills and medical care case management RequiredAbility to monitor and use computer-based tracking systems Required Pay reputed company USD $40.95 - USD $51.19 /Hr. reputed company reputed company has been committed to meeting the needs of New Yorkers for over 130 years. We’re one of the largest nonprofit home- and community-based health care organizations in the country, and today, more than 11,500 team members work together to reputed company a difference in the lives of more than 99,000 patients and members on any given day. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job